Nepenthe

(3 syl.) or Nepenthes, a drug to drive away care and
superinduce love. Polydamna, wife of Thonis (or Thone, 1 syl.), King of
Egypt, gave nepenthe to Helen (daughter of Jove and Leda). Homer speaks
of a magic potion called nepenthe, which made persons forget
their woes. (Odyssey, iv. 228.)

That nepenthes which the wife of Thone
In Egypt gave the Jove-born Helena.